diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/sst/sst_drv_interface.c b/sound/soc/intel/sst/sst_drv_interface.c
index 549af7d7f6d0..f0e4b99b3aeb 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/sst/sst_drv_interface.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/sst/sst_drv_interface.c
@@ -139,17 +139,23 @@ static int sst_power_control(struct device *dev, bool state)
 {
 	struct intel_sst_drv *ctx = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
 	int ret = 0;
+	int usage_count = 0;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_PM
+	usage_count = atomic_read(&dev->power.usage_count);
+#else
+	usage_count = 1;
+#endif
 
 	if (state == true) {
 		ret = pm_runtime_get_sync(dev);
-		dev_dbg(ctx->dev, "Enable: pm usage count: %d\n",
-				atomic_read(&dev->power.usage_count));
+
+		dev_dbg(ctx->dev, "Enable: pm usage count: %d\n", usage_count);
 		if (ret < 0) {
 			dev_err(ctx->dev, "Runtime get failed with err: %d\n", ret);
 			return ret;
 		}
-		if ((ctx->sst_state == SST_RESET) &&
-			(atomic_read(&dev->power.usage_count) == 1)) {
+		if ((ctx->sst_state == SST_RESET) && (usage_count == 1)) {
 			ret = sst_load_fw(ctx);
 			if (ret) {
 				dev_err(dev, "FW download fail %d\n", ret);
@@ -158,8 +164,7 @@ static int sst_power_control(struct device *dev, bool state)
 			}
 		}
 	} else {
-		dev_dbg(ctx->dev, "Disable: pm usage count: %d\n",
-				atomic_read(&dev->power.usage_count));
+		dev_dbg(ctx->dev, "Disable: pm usage count: %d\n", usage_count);
 		return sst_pm_runtime_put(ctx);
 	}
 	return ret;